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The order will now provide the statutory authority for payments to be made from the Scottish consolidated fund and further stipulates that reports and accounts be presented to the Scottish ministers rather than to the secretary of state, as was the case previously.
It is our intention to keep affected parties that are close to the line fully involved in how we take the project forward.About £8.6 million of compensation is provided for in the funding statement that is attached to the bill.
Earlier, in response to a question about costs, I referred to additional funding for the police, which covers millennium policing costs as well as bug costs.
I would be interested to hear any comments that the Finance Committee makes.Page 14 refers to victims of crime and the associated effects on Scotland of any decisions with respect to funding for compensation for victims of crime.
The promoter intends that once the detailed design has been developed there should be a session in specific localities on the potential to achieve what is required in the construction process.
The order transfers functions to Scottish ministers to enable them to give developers consent to lay certain gas pipelines that begin and end in Scotland.
They have a genuine role to play in consultation and development, and I would be concerned if those types of organisations were excluded from membership.
We need a national structure for the distribution of funds. We also need a mechanism for ensuring that the allocation, distribution and use of those funds meet local needs.
Any licensing enforcement people who would be put in place would be funded from the liquor licence. A picture is beginning to emerge of a number of funds under which enforcement of the bill's provisions could be financed.